WEATHER
Weather forecast: Light variable winds, with north-westerlies soon prevailing and freshening somewhat; weather fair to fine with cool but rising temperatures. Mr H. M. Boddington reports that 21 points of rain fell at Solway during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday, and 15 points during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. today. , Miss A. M. Browh reports as follows for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. today:— Barograph, 29.87; shade temperature, maximum 55.1, minimum 30.8; terrestrial. 21.3; sunshine, 8 hours 54 minutes; rain, 10 points; frost, 9.1 degrees. SOLWAY RAINFALL. FIGURES FOR AUGUST. Mr IT. M. Boddington reports that rain was measured on 21 days in August. The maximum fall was 65 points on August 17 and the minimum 3points on the 4th. 14th, 27th and 29th. The total for the month was 3.71 inches as compared with 2.62 (1938). 1.53 (1937). 3.06 (1936), 4.25 (1935) and 4.41 (1934). The average for 36 years was 3.55 inches. The total rainfall for the eight months of the year was 21.93 inches, as against 31.62 (1938). 23.10 (1937 i. 32.73 (1936). 28.95 (1935) and 27.49 (1934). The average for 36 years is 26.87 inches.
PHASES OF THE MOON.
SEPTEMBER. Day. II r.m. Last quarter .... 7 7.54 a.m. Now Moon 13 10.52 p.m. First quarter .... 20 10.4 p.m. Full Moon 29 1.57 a.m. The sun rose at 5‘2G p.m. SUN today at 6.10 a.m.; sets
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19390902.2.20
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
234WEATHER Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in